Pierachille Santus, Fabiano Di Marco, Fulvio Braido, Marco Contoli, Angelo Guido Corsico, Claudio Micheletto, Girolamo Pelaia, Dejan Radovanovic, Paola Rogliani, Laura Saderi, Nicola Scichilone, Silvia Tanzi, Manlio Vella, Silvia Boarino, Giovanni Sotgiu, Paolo Solidoro
OBJECTIVE: To describe the burden of moderate to severe exacerbations and all-cause mortality; the secondary objectives were to analyze treatment patterns and changes over follow-up. DESIGN: Observational, multicenter, retrospective, cohort study with a three year follow-up period. SETTING: Ten Italian academic secondary- and tertiary-care centers. PARTICIPANTS: Patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COPD referring to the outpatient clinics of the participating centers were retrospectively recruited...
2024: International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease